Shopping in Southern Vermont
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Everyone’s Books
Sells unusual publications, rabble-rousing political literature and an audacious selection of radical T-shirts and bumper stickers.
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Vermont Country Store
On the eastern side of the Green Mountains, Weston is another of Vermont’s pristine towns. Its common is graced with towering maples and a bandstand, and is home to an acclaimed summer theater. Weston also draws fans from far and wide to its famed Vermont Country Store, a time warp from a simpler era when goods were made to last, and quirky products with appeal (but not a mass-market appeal) had a home. Here you’ll discover taffeta slips, Tangee lipstick, three kinds of shoe stretchers with customizable bunion and corn knobs, personal care items and clothing. Some of the products have survived from past decades and many have become indispensable – once you’ve been intro…
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Brattleboro Farmers Market
Offering an excellent crash course in Vermont food, the Brattleboro Farmers Market boasts as many as 70 local vendors selling cheese, free-range beef and lamb, honey, pastries, maple syrup and fruit. Live music and a lively crafts scene round out the experience. The Saturday market is just west of town by the Creamery Bridge, while the Wednesday market is held in the Merchants Bank Building parking lot off Main St.
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Mach’s General Store
Heading north along VT 30 from Dorset, you’ll pass through the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it village of Pawlet. Stop at the fine old-fashioned Mach’s General Store, which generates its electricity from an adjacent stream passing through a gorge. You can see all this from inside the store, thanks to a glass counter.
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Brattleboro Books
One of a trove of bookstores in Brattleboro offering a long list of store-sponsored readings and events. This is a used-book junkie’s dream, with endless aisles containing more than 75,000 used, out-of-print and even new titles.
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Peltier’s
Peltier’s has been an institution since 1816. It sells all manner of edible Vermont items, especially high-end gourmet goodies and picnic fixings. Staff will even prepare almost any kind of fish on request.
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Northshire Bookstore
An enormous independent bookstore with comfy nooks everywhere. It shares a huge hangout space with the attached java-and-munchies joint, Spiral Café, which offers wireless internet access and two computers with free usage.
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Collected Works Bookstore & Café Beyond
Here you can browse Zen titles, women’s literature and art books, then snuggle into the comfy chairs. Hanging out in its fantastic café is always a prime activity.
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Orvis
Orvis is a flagship store, which is dedicated to outfitting fisher-folk; and to fly-fish for trout in the Batten Kill River.
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Vermont Artisan Designs
Vermont Artisan Designs is a contemporary crafts gallery selling outstanding creations by Vermont artists. Don’t miss it.
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Brattleboro Food Co-Op
Naturally this town has a big-league health-food store, with all the fixings for a locavore picnic.
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